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Step1

1.Read the passage and answer the questions:

(1)What is the purpose of UN peacekeeping forces? 

(2)Do you think the need for UN peacekeeping forces will increase or decrease in the future?

Step2 Read again and find out ：

2.What happened in the following years?

(1)Over 60 years----------

(2)In 1948---------------

(3)In 1957--------------

(4)During the 1990s----------

(5)In 2003--------------

Step 3

3.Complete the following sentences according to the given Chinese .

(1)I hope the ----(分歧)on the issue will not affect  our friendship.

(2)Two soldiers and three ---(平民)were killed in the explosion.

(3)All the motorists are asked to wear -----(头盔)for the sake of safety .

(4)-----（尽管）the traffic jam ,he arrived here on time.

(5)Do not ----(牵扯)other people into your trouble.

Step4.Pay attention to the usage following phrases and finish off the exercise.

1.despite＝in spite of

despite/in spite of＋名词＝although＋从句

despite the fact (that)．..尽管……

regardless of不管，不顾

(1).-------- longing to see him again，she refused to reply to his letters.尽管很想再见到他，她却拒绝给他回信。

(2).She went to work ----- the fact that the doctor had told her to rest.尽管医生告诉她应该休息，她还是去工作了。

(3).He went ahead and did it，------- the consequences.

他说干就干了，没有顾及后果。

2.involve: vt.  involved, involving

1) (常与in连用)牵涉; 拖累

    Don’t involve other people in your trouble. 别把别人牵涉进你的麻烦中去。

2) (常与in连用)使陷入,介入

    be involved in trouble卷入纠纷

    be involved in disaster陷入不幸

All the children were involved in the school play.  所有的孩子都参加了学校排练的剧

3.arm: n. [常用复]武器, 军械, 兵种

e.g. Having failed to settle their disputes at the conference table, the two countries appealed to arms.和平解决争端的谈判失败以后, 两国便诉诸武力。

vt., vi.  武装; 装备

arm oneself against danger   武装起来, 对付危险

armed to the teeth       武装到牙齿; 全副武装

Step 5 Group work .

Step 6  Find out the difficult Pionts they do not understand .